Trunk-locking means.



G. H. WHEARY.

TRUNK LOCKINGMEANS.

APPLICATION FILED M119, 1913.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

//\/ VEN TUF? ,flw m ATTORNEYS.

ms Nwm-s Perms m, PNO'IG unm. wAsmnunm. n. c

' GEORGE ENRY wH'EARY, or :aAoI iE, WISCONSIN.

TRUNK-LoCKING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 'I, GEORGE H.WVHE R a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Locking Means, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this spec1- fication. p i J This invention relates to improvements in trunk lockingmeans which is particularly adapted for use in connection with wardrobe trunks having a plurality of covers or doors.

Some of; the wardrobe trunks now on the 4 market are formed with side doors or covers giving. access to the wardrobe section of the trunk and also with end ortop doors or covers giving accessibility to other portions of the trunk. These doors or covers are securedin closed positions by independent locks which have to be independently unlocked .when the "trunk is, opened.

It is one of the objects ofthe present invention to providea trunk of the type described in which it is only necessary, to

' unlock one of the'locks with a key and upon opening the cover locked thereby the lock or locks of the other cover may be unlocked by" simply moving a controlling member exposed to view by the opening of first cover.

- A further object of the invention is to incloslng a bolt 16 held normally in its outer locking positionbymeans of a coiled provide a trunk having a-plurality' of covers with locks so constructed that any number of locks may be easily unlocked, by

--means of one controlling member which is exposed to view by openmgvone of the covers. p a v A further object of the invention is to i provide a trunk locking -means in which portions of the locks are also adapted to draw the cover into close engagement with [portions of the locks.

the body portion with considerable power when swung into engagement with other With the above and view, the invention consists of theimproved trunk'locking means and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof. 7 p.

In the accompanying drawing in whlch the same reference characters indicate the same parts'in all of the views, Figure 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

dicatedin open position by dotted lines;

Fig. 2is atrans'verse sectional view thereof taken on line 22 of Fig, 1; Fig. 3 isan enlarged view of one of the locks shown attached; toa fragmentary portion of a trunk, the view being'taken from the inside of the trunk; Fig. t is a horizontal sectional view thereof taken on linear-1 of Flg. 3; Fig. 5 is ajdetail sectional view ofthe lock and Fig: 6 is a detail view of the upper end of the controlling member. 1

Referring to the drawing the numeral 8 indicates a wardrobe trunk, 9 the wardrobe section thereof which is hinged to the body section of the trunk and forms the side or horizontally swinging door or cover and .10 theupper cover or door which closes over and overlaps both sections of the trunln The upper coveris hinged to the body section of the trunk andis adapted "to be locked to the wardrobe section by an ordinary hasptrunk lock 11 in the ordinary manner. L Y

The wardrobe section 9'is hinged to the body section of the trunk by hinges 12 (only one being shown) and is provided with the improvedhasp locks 13 which are engagedbythe hasp members 14 attached to the body section of the trunk; v

Thelock comprises the angular casing 15 spring 17 positioned with the casing and surrounding the stem 18of the bolt and interposed between the shoulder v19 of the bolt and the partly closed end 20 of the length 'to permit the desired movement of d v Patented J an.16, 1917; Application filed January 9, 1913. Serial No. 740,909,

. j UNITED STA E PATENT a a the bolt. The hasp engaging end 23 of the tion 24 automatically snapping into locking engagement with the bolt 16 when the hasp member is pressed inwardly.

In order to wedgingly draw the two por- "bolt is beveled'tofprovide for the eyed 'por-' I other objects in,

tions of the trunk together to form a tight closure the inner edge 25 of the eyed portion 24: is formed at an angle so that when entering the lock opening 26 it will engage the edge of the escutcheon plate 27 of the lock and draw the wardrobe section tightly to the body section of the trunk.

The lock controlling member is in the form of a bar "28 slidably positioned in guides '29 mounted on the inner surface of one of the walls of the wardrobe section. The controlling bar is located adjacent to the locks and is provided with short arms 30 projecting therefrom which are connected by chains 31 tothe stems 18 of the lock bolts so that when the controlling bar is pulled upwardly both bolts connected thereto will be withdrawn from the hasp members. The hasp members are provided with springs 32 which will automatically swing the hasp members out of engagement with the look when released.

The upper end of the controlling bar terminates at a point close to the upper opening of the trunk and is bent over to form a hooked portion or handle 33 for convenience in operating the same.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the trunk is locked it is only necessary to unlock the lock of the upper cover and lift said cover to gain access to the controlling member of the other locks and that these last mentioned locks may be released by pulling upwardly on the controlling member, thus providing for the opening of a trunk having a plurality of locks in a very simple manner.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a trunk divided longitudinally of its length toform two hinged together members and also having a top cover member for one of the hinged together members, of locking means therefor comprising a. locking means for the top cover member, a locking means for the trunk hinged together members remote from the top cover member, and a manually operable lock controlling means exposed in operable position when one of the members is swung to open position to permit the opening of the other member.

The combination with a trunk divided longitudinally of its length to form two hinged together members and also having a top cover member for one of the hinged together members, of a locking means therefor comprising a locking means for the top cover member, a locking means for the hinged together members remote from the Gupta 0! thin patent may be obtained for top cover member, and a. manually operable lock controlling means exposed in operable position adjacent to the top portion of the trunk when the top cover member is swun to open position to permit the opening 0 the hinged together members.

3. The combination with a trunk having an outer side cover and an outer top cover, of locking means therefor comprising a lock for one of the covers, a spring lock for the other cover, and a manually operable member positioned within the trunk and connected to the spring lock and extending to a point adjacent to the opening of the trunk covered by the cover to be first opened for unlocking the spring lock.

4. The combination with a trunk having an outer side cover and an outer top cover, of locking means therefor comprising a lock for the top cover, a plurality of locks for the side cover, and a manually operable slidable bar positioned within the trunk and connected to the locks of the side cover and extending to a point adjacent to the opening of the trunk covered by the top cover.

5. The combination with a trunk having an outer side cover and an outer top cover, of locking means therefor comprising a lock for the top cover, a plurality of locks for the side cover, and a manually operable slidable bar positioned within the trunk and having a flexible connection with the locks of the side cover and extending to a point adjacent to the opening of the trunk covered by the top cover.

6. A trunk locking means, comprising a plurality of hasp members having spring means for moving them to open position and also having projecting eyed portions, the edges of the projecting portions being formed at an angle to wedgingly draw the cover to which thehasps are connected to closed position, spring actuated bolt members positioned to enter the eyed portions of the hasps when the hasps are in closed position, and a hand actuated slidable bar positioned adjacent and'connected to the bolt members for withdrawing the bolts from the eyed portions.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY \VHEARY. Witnesses:

MABEL CECILIA MURRAY, CLINTON D. FRAznLL.

five cent: each, by addressing the "Commoner ot'htentewalhlngton, D. G. 

